While it’s true that virtually every RPG you’ll ever play will require rulings or some other human judgement, there are a few games out there that require improvised game design...
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50 Lessons About Roleplaying
It was my 50th birthday last week, so here are 50 lessons I’ve learned about roleplaying. Some of them might be short lessons! If one of these jumps out as...
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The Misery of Precedent
This morning I was chatting with a friend about how I actively dislike the thing in fantasy RPGs where a magic-using character’s player wants to learn a spell (in reference...
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Invisible Sun: The Way
Reading The Way has left me somewhere between thrilled and worn out. I’ve been stalled out writing about the third book of Invisible Sun for weeks. I may meander a...
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The Secret Indie Underbelly of RinCon
My alternate clickbait-y title was The Sordid Secret Small Press Scene at RinCon. I kind of wish it actually was any of those things, but it’s not: we just wrapped...